Karwar
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationState Highway 6, Shirwad, Karwar, Karnataka
India
Coordinates14°49′12″N 74°10′57″E / 14.8201°N 74.1826°E / 14.8201; 74.1826
Elevation11 metres (36 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byKarwar railway division
Platforms2
Tracks4
ConnectionsAuto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeKAWR
Fare zoneKonkan Railway
History
Opened1994
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Asnoti
towards ?
 Konkan Railway Harwada
towards ?
Location
Karwar is located in Karnataka
Karwar
Karwar
Location within Karnataka

Karwar railway station is one of the main railway station in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. Its code is KAWR. It is the headquarters of the Karwar Division of Konkan Railway(Pernem-Thokur). It serves Karwar city. The station consists of two platforms. Karwar has three nearby railway stations: Karwar, Asnoti and Harwada.[1][2][3][4] A 1.69 km (1.05 mi) railway bridge on Kali River falls before Karwar Railway Station while travelling from the side of Goa. The town of Karwar is situated beside Kali River.

Karwar is connected by Konkan Railway which connects Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ajmer, Jaipur, Mysuru, Rajkot, Ernakulam, Indore, Bhopal, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Ratlam, Madurai,. Hubli -Ankola railway line is proposed to link Karwar Port and the northern Karnataka as well as Honnavar -Talaguppa railway line.

However, the Save Konkan Ecology Forum (SKEF) is strictly & violently opposing Hubli–Ankola railway line & Honnavar–Talaguppa railway line projects, citing concerns regarding destruction & disruption of ecology, environment, forest, animals, flora & fauna of Ankola Forest & Talguppa Forest regions. Karwar is just 60.84 km (37.80 mi) away from Madgaon in Goa.

References

  1. ^ Shenoy, Jaideep (25 November 2015). "Sanjay Gupta takes over as in-charge CMD of Konkan Railway". Times of India.
  2. ^ "Work of double-track in Konkan railways to begin from Oct 31". Mid-Day. 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Karwar-Madgaon DEMU till Pernem". The Hindu. 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ Konkan Railway. "Konkan Railway Proposes CCTV Surveillance System at Seventeen Stations on its Route" (Press release). Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.


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